So many twists, so much evil. There was really nobody to like in this book. James was too weak to really like him though I did feel somewhat sorry for him. Rosie was impossible to like - just a horrible psycho person! A lot happened in the 8 month span of events in this story. The writing is good and the ending is a surprise - and yet not really.

<b>That unassuming cover does not do justice for what a hidden gem this story is.</b>James Casper is easy to like. He's a dedicated DEA team player and, slowly through the back and forth chapters, you learn his sad childhood story that brought him there. He's a good husband, a hard worker, and always trying to live up to a promise he made to his best friend. Take Care of Rosie.

The kick off of that horrible night was shocking. The rest of the story was a complete race to finish each chapter. Each turn, I couldn't figure out how it would all play out and that kept me absolutely glued to the page! I'll definitely be looking for more from this author. I loved this one.

<i>A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.</i>

This is how a thriller should be written. Our Darkest Secrets keeps you hooked from the start and doesn’t let up. This is an enthralling, action-packed story with so many twists and turns that it will keep you guessing throughout.

Our Darkest Secrets follows James Caspar, a DEA agent who is determined to rid his city of Heroin and the dealers who sell it. It is a personal vendetta which makes the latest bust he is about to make all the more important to him (and of course his career). However, his wife, Rosie puts a spanner in the works one evening and before he knows it, his life is spinning out of control and there are several hard decisions he must make. One of which includes choosing between his wife and his career. As the story progresses, we see James sticking by his original decision and the consequences which occur because of this.

I loved this novel, the writing was often fast paced, and the character arcs were so full of twists that a simple act/decision at the start turns into a dark, spiral of sinister events as the story progresses. It is hard to fault this story, from the writing style to the pacing to the scene setting, this novel will keep you hooked.

By the last few chapters my heart was literally pounding in my chest as I was desperate to know what was going to happen. The sign of a great novel is the ability to relate and empathise with the characters, and when it comes to James it is hard not to empathise with him which makes the final few chapters all the more dramatic.

This was a story made to be consumed quickly as once you pick it up, it’s hard to put it down. There is always something happening, and this dark, twisted thriller will have you biting your fingernails and staying up late just to finish it. If you are looking for a sinister tale full of twists and a dramatic, heart pounding finale I highly recommend this story.

All our darkest secrets is out on 1st September which all just happens to be my birthday!!

 – without a doubt, one of the best thrillers I have read in a long time. If you like dark and twisted thrillers, check this out!

This book was an absolute doozy. I won't go through the plot too much because the description does the book plenty of justice for me. The book moves through the plot pretty quickly which can be a lot of fun but also it keeps the energy so high that I started getting a little bored. Character-wise, I really can't say that I found much development in the characters outside of James, but in a lot of ways, I wouldn't really say, James, changed. James as a character was determined to make himself feel as though he is the "good guy" in the story, as the plot unfolds he does things that seem "uncharacteristic" of him, but the author implies that he has already had some bad or ill-minded transgressions as well as a history of trying to push the responsibility of his actions on others. Edward is James if he would not only take responsibility for his actions but also drop the moral high ground complex. Rose and Adam are the most honest characters to me and I honestly love Adam. Rosie is written as a crazy b** but she is just honest with herself and doesn't care about how she gets what she wants. I personally really wished there was some form of epilogue to explain what happened to Rosie as well as some deep dive into her and Matthew's relationship. I think this book was a worth it read.

How far would you go to protect someone you love? Would you lie, steal, compromise your ethics, or even kill? Would it matter what they did or why?
James has been in love with Rosie for most of his life. As a child, he was best friends with Matthew and Rosie was his older sister. Grown-up now and married to Rosie, there is a hole in his heart where Matthew used to be. He is the reason James became a DEA agent as he has first-hand knowledge of the devastating consequences of drugs on people's lives. He has worked for years to build a case against a very clever dealer who hides in plain sight. He is finally going to arrest this man until Rosie does something terrible that James covers up, and the only other person who knows is this dealer.
From the moment James decides to put Rosie first, I knew that something would have to go wrong. His loyalty is to her, and he will wind up making terrible decisions to ensure her safety. As the story progressed, we learn more about James' childhood, and I have to say that his view of his wife was more what he wanted to see rather than the truth. I imagined a few different outcomes and no spoilers, but I didn't get the one I hoped for.
Told entirely from James' perspective, every choice he makes leads to another unbearable choice. Just when he imagines the worst is behind him, he learns a devastating truth. Will the cost of saving Rosie be worth it in the end? This is the kind of book that makes you question what you would do in a similar situation. As much as I felt bad for James, the body count was just too high. All Our Darkest Secrets kept me flipping the pages and I don't think even the moments that were not action-packed slowed me down.

Wow! What a ride. The best kind of suspense novels start turning the screws at the very beginning, and just build and build on all the preceding cascade, and this books delivers that exceptionally. A stellar DEA agent, getting ready to take down the biggest pharmaceutical head - bringing some closure to the suicide of his best friend via heroin, gets sucked into an ever spiraling disaster thanks to the actions of his wife. What is one supposed to do, when your very life and future are on the line, and could be completely lost if what she did gets out? The rest of this book does an amazing job answering that question with increasingly bad decisions leading to a drama filled dénouement. Really great read!

This is a twisty topical thriller about love, secrets, lies, and doing the right thing. James and Rosie have been together since they were children- their story, as well as that of her brother Matthew, is revealed in a series of what are essentially flashbacks. In the present, he's a DEA agent and Rosie, well no spoilers but know that Rosie has, to put it mildly, issues. There's a crisis point, there are tough decisions, and there are bad decisions. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Hard to review without spoilers this is one that will keep you turning the pages.

A very thrilling read. I will definitely recommend to my thriller friends. It’s very action packed and goes at a fast pace with twists and they just keep coming. Thanks to NetGalley and Martin Ford for this suspense of a book.

Wow I found this to be a superb read, which kept me guessing and which kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Very good novelist. Exciting, engrossing, page turner. Keeps you involved even if you know it's fiction.

Well, this was one heck of a read! My mind is completely blown over the complexity and narration of this novel. Martyn Ford has easily won me over with All Our Darkest Secrets.

James and Rose are married, they met as children. James, now a respected DEA agent is faced with the ultimate decision. How far would you go to protect the one you love? Would you lie, cheat, steal or murder? Rosie, has done something that she can not take back and she puts James in a position that he begins to lose control, obsessing over how to keep his wife safe.

All Our Darkest Secrets, has become an instant favorite of the year. This needs to be on everyone's list! Talk about "made for the movies". If I don't see this being made into a movie within the next year I will truly be shocked.

Five star read without a doubt.

“Look after Rosie” these are the words from a suicide note left by Matthew before he overdosed a died. Matthew was James best friend since his childhood days, Rosie is Matthews sister now married to James. These words look after Rosie are with James every day of his life but how far will he go to honour Matthews wishes and look after Rosie.

James has worked hard his whole life and is now a DEA agent. Ever since Matthews untimely death James has dedicated his life to bringing down drug dealers and is just about to bring down one of the biggest dealers going things couldn’t be looking better for James right now both at work and at home; however on evening James goes home to his wife Rosie only to find she has committed a terrible crime James is faced with an agonising decision does he report his wife or does he help her.

James knows he is able to cover up a murder with his knowledge from the job he decides to “look after Rosie” and help his wife. Just as James thinks all is well his world is once again flipped upside down when he learns one of the drug dealers he is about to bring down Edward knows exactly what James and Rosie have done. James then realises he must take extreme measures to cover this up and finds himself falling deeper and deeper into a life of hard core crime.

This book is told from James point of view both from the current day to his childhood days. Throughout the telling of the story we learn a lot about James and Rosie and I tell you what those 2 have some really dark secrets between them. This book was an absolute blood bath of a read and nothing like I’ve ever read before, I’d also say not for the faint hearted but I loved it. The only thing I did find was at the start I found it took me a while to get into but once i persevered with it and i got into it I couldn’t put it down. There were so many surprises hidden round every corner it was impossible not to want to keep reading.

I was really grateful to be able to read All our darkest secrets before it’s official release day and I’d defiantly recommend it to anyone who’s looking for a fast paced book to read and enjoy!

After the first couple chapters I was hooked! James is a good guy, a DEA agent trying to remove the opioid problems where he lives. He’s married to Rosie, his childhood love. Rosie does something unspeakable and James is out between a rock and a hard place. Help clean up her mess or report her. From there everything just spirals out of control for James and he soon finds out even more about Rosie than he thought would be possible.

I loved the characters in this book and it kept me interested and wanting more from the beginning! Twists and turns the whole way through! You won’t be disappointed in this read!

Title: #All Our Darkest Secrets
By: # Martyn Ford
Source: #NetGalley
Read on: Kindle Paperwhite
Published by: #Amazon Publishing UK
Pub Date: 01 Sep 2021
Genre: General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers
Rating: 4/5
Caution: Suicide, Gun Violence, Drug Use, Drug Addiction

I got the ARC for this book from Netgalley, so I’m so thankful to #NetGalley again for adding this book on your READ NOW section. This doesn’t affect my review in any way – I always give a non-biased review, whether I got the book for free or not.

“Take care of Rosie.”

That was all James ever wanted. All he ever wanted was to protect and take care of Rosie. He was a DEA agent who wanted to rid the world of drug cartels because he knows that these drugs cause nothing but harm. Especially because of what happened to his best friend Matthew. He was about to make the biggest bust of his career but then because of her beloved wife Rosie – he was then torn between the love of his life or his career. With everything spiralling down and plans go haywire – it gets to the point where he doesn’t care about anything in the world so long as she still has Rosie. But will she still have Rosie even after everything? Will anything ever go as planned for James?

Wow, this was fascinating for me. This is the first novel that I’ve read in a while where the main character was in a war against drugs. It was like a film with a twisted story, and it kept me intrigued the entire time. To say hooked is definitely an understatement – I just felt like I was falling deeper and deeper into a crazy rabbit hole. I love how fast-paced it was – chapters weren’t that lengthy as well. It was such a roller coaster ride of emotions, and it’s one of those books where you thought you already knew where it was going but then just at the last few pages Martyn Ford crafted a sublime ending.

To be honest, on the first half of the book I really thought that the story was extremely predictable to the point where it was going to bore me, but Martyn Ford changed my mind halfway through the book and sealed that 4/5 rating for me with his mad ending. I highly recommend this book especially to those who are looking for page turners, thrilling and quick reads.

All Our Darkest Secrets by Martyn Ford takes it’s genre very seriously, as there was not one moment throughout this entire novel where I felt as though I knew how it was going to end. Nonstop twists and turns, so many heart stopping and stomach dropping reveals, it was like I had somehow managed to get over my fear of absurdly high and fast roller coasters. This novel follows the story of a man named James Casper, who’s a DEA agent hoping to start a family and find some semblance of retribution for his best friend’s suicide, which he entirely blames on drug addiction. James is quickly faced with the terrible question of “how far will you go”. How far will he go to defend his family? Or himself? How far will he push for redemption?

The moment I began reading this novel, I knew I wasn’t going to put it down. Short of working and sleeping, I didn’t stop reading. I couldn’t because there was no way for me to know where Ford was going to take this story, no where I felt safe as if I could leave James and know in the morning, when I picked the book back up, I wouldn’t turn a page to find him scrambling to cover things up again. The best part about All Our Darkest Secrets is that it isn't a chore to follow. Ford feeds the reader the information they need for the big reveal to feel even bigger, ensures the reader recalls the small details without pointing them out and saying “that’s important, remember it”. We see everything about James’ life that we need to, even if it doesn’t feel like we need it at the moment. We readers are introduced to a world where everything seems normal, but up until the chapter we really never, actually, know the half of it. It takes a lot of skill to strategically place circumstances and characters in scenes and memories with no added weightiness in the story the way Ford does, and still reach an intense, unforeseeable ending. I kept thinking I knew, I really did, and I was so wrong. The worst part of this novel? We should’ve seen the ending coming. It was all there… and that’s what makes this such a phenomenal read.

I recommend this book to every reader, regardless of interest or age. I am not a big crime mystery fan, but I think this novel has single-handedly altered that.

3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a good read, I enjoyed it. A great suspenseful thriller with a few twists. Have to say I wasn’t expecting the ending. Overall a good read, would recommend.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this advanced copy!!

James, a DEA agent is married to his childhood sweetheart Rosie. He loves her and after his best friend Mathew, Rosie’s brother commits suicide he promises to always look out for her. How far would you go for your spouse? Would you lie, cheat, steal…kill? Rosie does the unthinkable and James spirals down a dark path on keeping her safe.

Holy mother…….this has got to be hands down my favorite book I’ve read this year!!!! I picked it up and couldn’t put it down, didn’t want it to end. I had so many shocks and emotions reading this book. I don’t know who the author’s agent/publisher needs to contact but this needs to be a movie ASAP!!!!!!

Bravo!!!!!!!!!

I really enjoyed this book! It was a great read, i didnt want to put it down! I would recommend this to my friends and family

Definitely not one to read whilst you're (for example) waiting at the dentist office or cooking dinner as I guarantee, you will be so absorbed that the dinner will burn and you won't hear your name being called for your appt.

There is no easing into this one, it shallows you whole, shakes you about, leave you questioning the characters choices as well as what your own would be, and then spits you out as a conflicted, sweaty mess.

If you want something that will have you hooked and never stop guessing g then this book is it!

That was interesting... A twisted story, few psychological aspects, an addicted thriller that keeps me intrigued all day long.

James as a DEA agent is perfect for someone who can get away with murder. He does not expect to find his wife in a situation when he must risk his career, life to protect her from jail. Trying to hide any footprints which lead the investigators to them, he found himself in the middle of the world that becomes more and more dangerous and demands more each day. An agent does not expect that the worst danger came from the most unexpected direction.

I love the pace of it. The excitement, unveil the story page by page. Very complex, involving all the senses and playing with the readers by talking round over the truth. Dual timeline (cause we had some chapters referring to the past of Jasper and her wife) gives more information about their marriage, the unusual relationship formed from a very young age, and difficult experiences.

The whole book is so "polished". The ending is well prepared. Of course, it is surprising cause even though I had in mind that these could lead to this particular person, but I would never ever thought about the motivation in such a way that the author planned it. Well-done!

One of the most intriguing books lately!

All our darkest secrets by Martyn Ford is an enthralling thriller right from the get go.
In short, James Casper, a DEA agent, and his wife Rosie find themselves in a very troubling situation and as events unravel it gets more difficult for James who is hell bent on protecting his wife…yet something is off, very off!
The story is narrated by James where he also reveals his back story as a young boy and the relationship he formed with Rosie and his best friend Mathew, her brother…this is expertly woven through the story and the situation he is now dealing with.
It’s such a pacy, action packed story with brilliant twists and turns which just keep on coming. Without giving anything away, it is pretty obvious from the beginning of the book that Rosie is nuts and that James is simply besotted by her, which results in him being dragged into a dark and dangerous world…as quoted by James, ‘I am not corrupt. I am not a criminal. This is not who I am.’
With a twisty plot, riveting characters and relentless suspense it has all the ingredients needed for a good solid thriller…I look forward to reading more from Martyn Ford.
Big thanks to Martyn Ford, Thomas and Mercer and NetGalley for this eARC which I chose to read in return for my honest review.